The arguments about him having that squad and that money, and therefore what he's done with them is minimal, were put forward, in exactly those words about Roberto. Many times.
That said, and as everybody has noticed, the decision not to bring Kelechi on until he had virtually no time to do anything was incomprehensible. Yes — if Kelechi had been brought on for Bony, we could still have got that result. Iheanacho, like anyone, can miss chances. But then the criticism of Pellegrini on this thread would be far more muted. I'm not talking about sacking him, or rubbish like that, but I do think he got this badly wrong. It feels, in effect, like two points lost. Mostly because of the first half, IMO, where we seemed to play most of our attacks at close to walking pace. We were considerably better in the second half, and there are days when the ball doesn't go in. By the way, nobody, but nobody, is giving Villa any credit whatsoever for that result. They moved the ball around pretty well, and defended as if their lives depended on it in the last fifteen minutes. They were not that bad, and we were not that good. Its a long season. . .